Investing.com – Finland stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Telecoms, Financials and Healthcare sectors led shares higher.
At the close in Helsinki, the OMX Helsinki 25 gained 1.83% to hit a new 3-months high.
The best performers of the session on the OMX Helsinki 25 were YIT Oyj (HE:YTY1V), which rose 4.32% or 0.20 points to trade at 4.92 at the close. Meanwhile, Cargotec Oyj (HE:CGCBV) added 3.58% or 1.17 points to end at 33.88 and Outotec Oyj (HE:OTE1V) was up 3.41% or 0.112 points to 3.396 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Nokian Renkaat Oyj (HE:NRE1V), which fell 1.63% or 0.56 points to trade at 33.88 at the close. Valmt (HE:VALMT) declined 0.48% or 0.04 points to end at 9.27 and Outokumpu Oyj (HE:OUT1V) was up 0.79% or 0.0220 points to 2.8220.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the Helsinki Stock Exchange by 139 to 49 and 1 ended unchanged.
Brent oil for January delivery was down 1.87% or 0.83 to $43.73 a barrel. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in December fell 2.52% or 1.05 to hit $40.69 a barrel, while the December Gold contract fell 1.49% or 16.10 to trade at $1067.50 a troy ounce.
EUR/USD was down 0.39% to 1.0646, while EUR/GBP fell 0.52% to 0.6994.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.25% at 99.72.